Malaysia was represented at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States by the Olympic Council of Malaysia.
In total, 21 athletes including 20 men and one woman represented Malaysia in five different sports including athletics, cycling, field hockey, shooting and swimming.
Background The Olympic Council of Malaysia was formed as a merger of the former Olympic committees of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore in 1964 and Malaysia made their Olympic debut at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Singapore became independent from Malaysia the following year. They participated in the following three games before taking part in the United States-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States marked their fifth appearance at the Olympics.
Competitors In total, 21 athletes represented Malaysia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States across five different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 0 2Cycling 1 0 1Field hockey 16 0 16Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 0 1 1 Total 20 1 21
Athletics
In total, two Malaysian athletes participated in the athletics events – Nordin Mohamed Jadi in the men's 200 m and the men's 400 m and Batulamai Rajakumar in the men's 800 m and the men's 1,500 m.
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNordin Mohamed Jadi200 m21.885 did not advanceNordin Mohamed Jadi400 m47.125 did not advanceBatulamai Rajakumar800 m1:48.195 did not advanceBatulamai Rajakumar1500 m3:55.197colspan=2 did not advance
Cycling
In total, one Malaysian athlete participated in the cycling events – Rosman Alwi in the men's sprint and the men's 1 km time trial.
Sprint AthleteEventRound 1Repechage 1Repechage final 1Round 2Repechage 21/8 finals1/8 repechage1/8 repechage finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankRosman AlwiMen's sprintLW 11.58LLdid not advance
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankRosman AlwiMen's 1000 m time trial1:11.0320
Field hockey
In total, 16 Malaysian athletes participated in the field hockey events – Zulkifli Abbas, Yahya Atan, Michael Chew, Jagjit Singh Chet, Ahmed Fadzil, Stephen van Huizen, Soon Mustafa Karim, Ow Soon Kooi, Sukhvinderjeet Singh Kulwant, Poon Fook Loke, Colin Santa Maria, Shurentheran Murugesan, Kevin Nunis, Tam Chew Seng, Foo Keat Seong and Sarjit Singh in the men's tournament.
Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD105500174+1375311124+875311149+5452031112−125104617−1105005418−14 Qualified for semifinals
Ninth place qualifiers
Eleventh and twelfth place match
Shooting
In total, one Malaysian athlete participated in the shooting events – Sabiahmad Abdullah Ahad in the men's 50 m pistol.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankSabiahmad Abdullah Ahad50 m pistolcolspan=2 53735
Swimming
In total, one Malaysian athlete participated in the swimming events – Helen Chow in the women's 100 m freestyle, the women's 100 m backstroke, the women's 100 m breaststroke and the women's 200 m individual medley.
AthleteEventRound 1Final BFinal ATimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHelen Chow100 m freestyle1:02.5338did not advanceHelen Chow100 m backstroke1:11.3031did not advanceHelen Chow100 m breaststroke1:18.9928did not advanceHelen Chow200 m individual medley2:29.2522did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports